Richard P Phelps
richardpphelps.bsky.social
Richard P Phelps
@richardpphelps.bsky.social
Education Policy, Program Evaluation, Testing & Measurement, and Muck Raking; author The Malfunction of US Education Policy: Elite Misinformation, Disinformation, and Selfishness (Rowman & Littlefield/Bloomsbury, 2023)
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Top Researchers May Suppress More Information Than They Provide: Surveying NBER Dismissive Literature Reviews
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Today’s SNAP crisis underscores the importance of food banks.
Who needs food assistance? Not who you think.

Jill Dixon, CEO of Northern New Mexico Food Depot, has watched this crisis grow for over a decade.
When working harder stops working, what's left?

🎧 Listen to our latest episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critically-speaking/id1463016517
November 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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When an industry dominates entertainment, the message reaches millions and the stereotypes become "normal."

Dr. Teresa Lynch explains why gaming's popularity makes its gender problem impossible to ignore: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critically-speaking/id1463016517
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Want to End the Gerrymandering Wars? Embrace Proportional Representation
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Want to End the Gerrymandering Wars? Embrace Proportional Representation
Trump has triggered a particularly fierce round, but the logic of war is inherent in a winner-take-all system
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October 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Irin Carmon investigated five women's stories for her new book "Unbearable" and discovered patterns that explain why America has the worst maternal mortality rates among wealthy nations.

🔗 Hear what she uncovered: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critically-speaking/id1463016517
October 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
View from Heartbreak Ridge toward Asheville, today.
October 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Who owns your DNA after you mail it in? Can testing companies sell your genetic information? Keep your sample indefinitely? 🧬 The answers might change your mind about that ancestry test. 🔗 Listen now: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Critically Speaking
Science Podcast · Updated Weekly · On each episode of Critically Speaking, your host, Dr. Therese Markow, interviews foremost experts in a range of fields. We discuss, in everyday language that we al...
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October 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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AI as a therapist, friend, or lover? The lines are blurring, and it's both fascinating and ominous. Don't miss this week's episode of Critically Speaking to find out why.
🎧 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-dorothy-leidner-ai-romance-boyfriends-girlfriends/id1463016517?i=1000729240226

#AI
September 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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How do drugs, both legal and illicit, intersect with mental health? Join us as P. E Moskowitz shares insights from their new book, Breaking Awake, and their personal journey on our latest episode. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critically-speaking/id1463016517

#MentalHealthAwareness
September 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Administration appoints the research head of Fordham Institute -- country's lead think tank for promoting Common Core -- to redesign ED's Institute of Education Sciences. Total betrayal of some of the Trump's most dedicated supporters?

She says she wants suggestions.
Request for Information; Feedback on Redesigning the Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
The Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 established the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) as the research, evaluation, and statistics arm of the U.S. Department of Education. IES is responsible ...
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September 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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September 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Citing Decisions in Psychology: A Roadblock to Cumulative and Inclusive Science
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September 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM